Bruce McRae
Chimera in Chains
This isn’t a car accident, it is a righteous flower.
This isn’t a bullet but a feather falling to earth.
This is not the nailbomb but the book of modern prayer.
We have some versions of the truth that cannot hurt you.
This isn’t the Apocalypse, this is honey and orange peel.
No, it’s not the end of us, this is shallow and warm water.
It only looks like it’s a gun – this is my hand.
And this isn’t plutonium, it is candy for the children.
This is not the war – this is a party.
I say this is Christmas even though you’re crying fire.
These are not my tears, it is the most welcome of rain.
What you thought was a tsunami is a gentle summer wind.
Why trust everything appears as it must be?
Only reality and dreams meet in the movies.
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